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Sahih Ibn Hibban 6285

✧ From his character ﷺ and his stories

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أَخْبَرَنَا السِّخْتِيَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَقُولُ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ وَجْهًا وَأَحْسَنَهُمْ خَلْقًا وَخُلُقًا لَيْسَ بِالطَّوِيلِ الذَّاهِبِ وَلَا بِالْقَصِيرِ»

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. al-Sikhtiyānī
  2. Abū Kurayb
  3. Isḥāq b. Manṣūr
  4. Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf b. Abū Isḥāq
  5. his father
  6. Abū Isḥāq
  7. al-Barāʾ

✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had the most beautiful face of all people, and the finest physique and character. He was neither tall and lanky nor short."

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  1. Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 72 AH, also said 71 AH
    الْبَرَاء بْن عَازِب الْأَوْسِيّصحابي
    سمعت
  2. Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AH
    أَبِي إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخره
    عن
  3. trustworthy (thiqah)d. 157 AH
    أَبِيهِثقة
    عن
  4. truthful (ṣadūq), prone to error (yahim)d. 198 AH
    إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَصدوق يهم
    عن
  5. truthful (ṣadūq), criticized for Shīʿismd. al-Bukhārī said: 204 AH, Abū Dāwūd and others said: 205 AH
    إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍصدوق تكلم فيه للتشيع
    حدثنا
  6. trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 248 AH. Also said: 247 AH, which is a mistake
    أَبُو كُرَيْبٍثقة حافظ
    حدثنا
  7. السَّخْتِيَانِيُّ
    أخبرنا
  8. d. 354 AH
    ابن حبان

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